Biography

I completed my undergraduate and MSc degree in Medical Biochemistry (with distinction) from the University of Vienna, Austria and was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Austrian Ministry of Science to complete my PhD at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. After my post-doctoral training I was offered a tenure-track faculty position from Stellenbosch University and was senior research scientist on several large clinical research trials funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the European Union and the US National Institutes of Health. 

In 2017, I relocated to Mater Research where I lead the Infection, Immunity and Metabolism Group and hold an academic appointment as Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Queensland. Throughout my research career I have received uninterrupted research funding from national and international funders including the US-NIH, the Australian NHMRC, Diabetes Australia, the Australian Respiratory Council, the South African National Research Foundation.

My research focuses on the intersection of host metabolism and immune function in the context of respiratory infections.

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